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Who was known in his heyday as "The Clown
Prince of Comedy"?Red Skelton
What actress wound up in a pink jail cell in
1982?Sophia Loren
What fellow thespian did Vivien Leigh marry
in 1940?Laurence Olivier
What showman perished in his private plane,
dubbed "The Lucky Liz"?Mike Todd
What buxom blonde had been billed as "The
Baby Vamp" as a child burlesque player?Mae West
What innkeeper did a 17-year-old Elizabeth
Taylor make her first husband?Nick Hilton
What actor's face was tragically scarred in
a 1957 car accident?Montgomery Clift's
What country was Lorne Greene the top
newscaster for in the '40s?Canada
Which of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands had
been best man at her previous wedding?Eddie Fisher
Who was married to Tony Curtis from 1951 to
1962?Janet Leigh
What blond bombshell died of cerebral
edema at the age of 26?Jean Harlow
What surname follows John, David, Keith and
Robert?Carradine
Which of Clark Gable's features were most
popular with caricaturists?His ears
What wife did Frank Sinatra and Mickey
Rooney share?Ava Gardner
What former husband of Ava Gardner was once
the father-in-law of singer Tommy Sands?Frank Sinatra
What star was discovered at Top's Cafe, 6750
Sunset Boulevard, in January, 1936?Lana Turner
Who came into the world as William Claude
Dunkinfield?W.C. Fields
What director did Queen Elizabeth II grant a
knighthood in 1979?Alfred Hitchcock
Who reunited Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in
1976 after a 20-year estrangement?Frank Sinatra
Who accepted her best actress Oscar orally
and in sign language?Louise Fletcher
Who came into the world as Francesca Mitzi
Marlene de Charney von Gerber?Mitzi Gaynor
What actor famed for his gangster roles had
been a bagman for a real-life gangster?George Raft
Whose gossip column was titled "Hollywood"?Hedda Hopper's
What's the British Film Academy's Oscar
called?Stella
Who went home to Mexico after "Pepe" blew it
at the box office?Cantinflas
What 1972 film proved a boon to banjo sales?"Deliverance"
Who divorced David McCallum to marry Charles
Bronson?Jill Ireland
Who came into the world as Harlean
Carpentier?Jean Harlow
Whose biography was entitled "Monty"?Montgomery Clift's
Whose portrait in infancy appeared on
Mellins baby food jars way back when?Humphrey Bogart's
What actor did Elizabeth Taylor call "the
Frank Sinatra of Shakespeare"?Richard Burton
Who came into the world as Samuel Goldfish?Samuel Goldwyn
What Hitchcock film did the mischievous
director describe as his "fun picture"?"Psycho"
What's Diane Keaton's real name?Diane Hall
What film were Bogie and Bacall making when
they fell in love?"To Have and Have Not"
What distinguishing mark does actress Anne
Francis bear?A mole on her right cheek
How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?Thirty-six
What Hollywood observer's autobiography was
titled "From Under My Hat"?Hedda Hopper's
What singer-actress was Al Jolson's third
wife?Ruby Keeler
What was Marilyn Monroe's natural hair
color?Brown
What Detroit Lions defensive lineman turned
to acting after retiring from football?Alex Karras
What film figures in the most questions in
"Trivial Pursuit"'s Silver Screen Edition?"Gone with the Wind"
What country was Anthony Quinn born in?Mexico
What Hollywood gossip columnist appeared in
more than 100 films?Hedda Hopper
Who does Carrie Fisher call Mom and Dad?Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
Who wrote "How to Get a Man, How to Keep a
Man, and How to Get Rid of a Man"?Zsa Zsa Gabor
What two wars did Al Jolson entertain the
troops in?World War II and the Korean War
Who was Marilyn Monroe's second husband?Joe DiMaggio
What comic was known as "The Perfect Fool"?Ed Wynn
What actor is the son of Ed Wynn and the
grandson of silent-film actor Frank Keenan?Keenan Wynn
What 1956 movie spawned a hit single for
Doris Day?"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
What actress has George C. Scott married and
divorced twice?Colleen Dewhurst
Who ordered his newspapers not to advertise
or run reviews of "Citizen Kane"?William Randolph Hearst
Who was the first screen actress to have her
name posted in marquee lights?Mary Pickford
Who came into the world as Muni
Weisenfreund?Paul Muni
Who married aircraft worker Jim Dougherty
when she was 16?Marilyn Monroe
What singer-actor has been called "The
Monster with the Golden Charm"?Frank Sinatra
Who is actor James MacArthur's actress
mother?Helen Hayes
What western is the most-shown on
television, according to "TV Guide"?"The Magnificent Seven"
What was Mae West's bust size at the peak of
her career?Thirty-eight inches
What did actor John Garfield's friends claim
led to his death by heart attack in 1952?Being blacklisted
Who did Ray Bolger say "just plain wore
out"?Judy Garland
Whose house was Roman Polanski visiting when
he got into trouble with that 13-year-old?Jack Nicholson's
Who did Richard Burton marry after divorcing
Elizabeth Taylor for the second time?Susan Hunt
Who did French existentialist Jean-Paul
Sartre once call "the hottest actress alive"?Marilyn Monroe
What was Humphrey Bogart's middle name?DeForest
What actor's been called "the thinking
woman's Steve McQueen"?Paul Newman
What horse had his front hooves immortalized
in cement?Trigger
What's been described as "Sodom-by-the-Sea"
and "72 suburbs in search of a city"?Los Angeles
Who was Joan Rivers referring to when she
quipped: "Jail bait to him is an embryo"?Roman Polanski
How many times did Mae West marry?One
What actress was married to Robert Taylor
from 1939 to 1951?Barbara Stanwyck
What kind of grog does Orson Welles flog on
television?Paul Masson wine
Who was the first woman nominated for the
best director Oscar?Lina Wertmuller
What chronic problem did Judy Garland start
taking pills for as a teenager?Being overweight
Who did Eddie Fisher dump to marry Elizabeth
Taylor?Debbie Reynolds
Who came into this world as Bela Blasko?Bela Lugosi
What's the title of David Niven's first
volume of memoirs?"The Moon's a Balloon"
What onetime president did actress Gene
Tierney date regularly during his Navy days?John F. Kennedy
What's Italian director Antonioni's first
name?Michelangelo
What was James Cagney's natural hair color?Red
What film were Richard Burton and Elizabeth
Taylor making when they fell in love?"Cleopatra"
Who grew up as Elmore Rual Torn?Rip Torn
What film was reviewed by one critic with
the observation: "Loved Ben. Hated Hur"?"Ben-Hur"
What actress endowed Ernest Hemingway with
his nickname, Papa?Marlene Dietrich
Where was Ingrid Bergman born?Stockholm
Who was Lucille Ball's first husband?Desi Arnaz
Who's the only actress listed in a standard
dictionary?Mae West
What actor was known as both "The Great
Profile" and "The Great Lover"?John Barrymore
What Clark Gable film brought the undershirt
industry to the brink of bankruptcy?"It Happened One Night"
What child star once quipped: "I remember
when I was three and unknown"?Shirley Temple
What year did Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby and
Charlie Chaplin all die?1977
Which of Frank Sinatra's children was held
for a ransom of $240,000?Frank Jr.
Who once exclaimed: "I've got rainbows up my
ass, honey!"?Judy Garland
Who wrote the book "I Am Not Spock"?Leonard Nimoy
What character did Humphrey Bogart appear as
on the June 7, 1954, cover of "Time"?Captain Queeg
What actress was the highest-paid woman in
the U.S. in 1935?Mae West
What actress's best performances are
arguably her designer jean ads?Brooke Shields's
What kid was the top box-office attraction
from 1939 to 1941?Mickey Rooney
Who came into the world as Doris von
Kappelhoff?Doris Day
Who was the first actress to appear on the
cover of "Life", on May 3, 1937?Jean Harlow
What actress's picture adorned the A-bomb
dropped on Bikini Atoll in 1946?Rita Hayworth's
Who was dubbed "The Queen of Hollywood" in
an Ed Sullivan poll?Myrna Loy
What did Marlene Dietrich have yanked to
accentuate her cheeks?Her rear molars
What actor has made the most appearances in
annual lists of box-office biggies?John Wayne
What did the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood
Hills originally read?Hollywoodland
Who was Cary Grant's second wife, once
called the world's wealthiest woman?Barbara Hutton
What film were Marlon Brando and Tarita
making when they hooked up?"Mutiny on the Bounty"
What film caused a surge in sales of music
by Ravel?"'10'"
Whose career was resurrected late in life by
his appearance in "The Sunshine Boys"?George Burns
Who was Charlie Chaplin's last wife's
father?Eugene O'Neill
How did Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine
spell their last name in school?B-e-a-t-y
What actor was suspended by Warner Bros. 11
times for refusing roles?Humphrey Bogart
Which of Tony Curtis's real-life spouses
played his wife in "Houdini"?Janet Leigh
What's the largest movie theater in the
U.S., with 5,882 seats?Radio City Music Hall
Who donated his Oscar to Boys' Town?Spencer Tracy
Who flogged Coke before marrying into Pepsi?Joan Crawford
What TV soap opera did Christopher Reeve of
"Superman" fame star in?"Love of Life"
Who was the first actor to appear on the
cover of "Time", on July 6, 1925?Charlie Chaplin
What kind of flower was named for Richard
Burton by the New York City Botanical Garden?A rose
What's the traditional cultists' starting
time of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?Midnight
What actress made the cover of the magazine
"Elle" at the age of 15?Brigitte Bardot
Who's Richard Benjamin's wife?Paula Prentiss
Why did Marilyn Monroe convert to Judaism?To marry Arthur Miller
Who placed her skate marks in cement at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre?Sonja Henie
What song did Jeanette MacDonald sing at
Jean Harlow's funeral?"Indian Love Call"